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Congress on Sunday demanded that the government bring a legislation to implement the UPA-enacted Article 15(5) for providing reservation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in the private, unaided, but non-minority educational institutions. It pointed out that a 2014 apex court order had upheld Article 15(5), that the 2024 Lok Sabha election manifesto of Congress had promised to do the same and that a standing panel report too had favoured the course. The move to press for implementing the measure on reservation, especially for OBCs, is being seen by some in the political circles in the context of the Opposition party looking for ways to deal with the NDA government readying the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.

James Carville, the long-time Democratic advisor who had headed Bill Clinton's winning 1992 presidential bid, has now claimed that the Trump administration is already in ruins, much more quickly than he initially expected, as per a report.

The mood in cryptocurrency markets hasn't improved to start this week, as Bitcoin (BTCUSD) and a number of stocks tied to digitalcurrencies are all moving lower Monday morning.

Elon Musk did not miss the opportunity to take aim at billionaire George Soros after being interrupted by a heckler at a Wisconsin rally on Sunday. While speaking at a town hall event in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, Musk's speech was disrupted by an audience member. The Tesla CEO responded by linking the disruption to George Soros and said, “It was inevitable that at least a few Soros operatives would be in the audience… give my regards to George! Say Hi to George Soros for me.”

Donald Trump knows how to dominate the news headlines. On Sunday, the President reiterated that he could pursue a third term as US President, even though such a move could challenge the constitutional two-term limit established by the 22nd Amendment. President Trump, in an interview to NBC News, said that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The conventional economic case for globalization and free trade has emphasized the aggregate gains that they bring, including enhanced productivity, faster technological change and wider consumer choice. However, a critical aspect often overlooked is that globalization inevitably creates both winners and losers in the short term, even though its long-term effects are broadly positive for society as a whole.

Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group. Musk's move came ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to President Donald Trump's agenda and “the future of civilization.” Musk was the star of a 2,000-person rally Sunday night in Wisconsin and he stunned attendees at the town hall wearing a cheese hat — an ode to the state's cheese industry and also its Green Bay Packers football team. «BREAKING: Elon Musk takes the stage in Wisconsin and throws a signed Cheesehead hat into the crowd,» the tech mogul's America PAC wrote on his platform, X, on Sunday evening, adding a cheese emoji and an American flag emoji. ALSO READ: 'I am almost done...': Elon Musk to quit DOGE and leave Washington DC after $1 trillion in US govt cuts

Elon Musk acknowledged that his job as head of President Donald Trump’s effort to cut the size of government is “costing me a lot” when it comes to his other big job, as CEO of Tesla Inc. Political backlash from Musk’s recent political forays in the US and around the world have weighed on Tesla at home and abroad. “It’s costing me a lot to be in this job,” Musk said at a town hall event in Wisconsin, noting some of his political opponents have highlighted the stock’s retreat. “What they’re trying to do is put massive pressure on me, and Tesla I guess, to you know, I don’t know, stop doing this,” Musk said. “My Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone, went roughly in half. I mean it’s a big deal.” Tesla shares rose to a record high in the month after Trump was elected, but have dropped 45% since their Dec. 17 peak. While he remains the world’s richest man, Musk’s own personal wealth has declined by more than $100 billion this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. “Long term I think Tesla stock’s going to do fine, so maybe it’s a buying opportunity,” Musk said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. THE PREMIERE on February 28th of a new staging of “Macbeth" at the venerable Franko theatre in Kyiv was initially eclipsed by the diplomatic disaster unfolding the same day between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump in the White House. Since then the production has become the talk of the city’s elite.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Here is how US representative Marjorie Taylor Greene responded to Sky News television correspondent Martha Kelner from the UK when the latter raised a question regarding the Signal chat leak at a press conference: “Okay, we don’t give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don’t you go back to your country where you have a major migrant problem?...You should care about your own borders." No one would have expected such harsh, divisive, and disgraceful utterances from a powerful representative of the US.

During the meeting, Shah told party leaders that they should work to increase voter percentage on the lines of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Quoting specific examples, he said the BJP never had more than 23% votes in some regions of MP and around 21% votes in some areas of Maharashtra.

secondary tariffs of 25% to 50% on all Russian oil if he feels Moscow is blocking his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, and they could start within a month if there is no ceasefire. Trump told NBC News he was angry and «pissed off» when Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the credibility of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's leadership, NBC reported. Trump told NBC News by phone that he planned to speak with Putin this week. During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump promised repeatedly to end what he calls a «ridiculous» war in Ukraine, and he has focused heavily on the issue since taking office on January 20. Trump himself has called for new elections in Ukraine and falsely called Zelenskiy a dictator. Putin on Friday suggested Ukraine could be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords, which could effectively push out Zelenskiy.

However, such talks have made no progress since Trump in his first term unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018. In the years since, regional tensions have boiled over into attacks at sea and on land. Then came the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, which saw Israel target militant group leaders across Iran's self-described «Axis of Resistance». Now, as the US conducts intense airstrikes targeting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels of Yemen, the risk of military action targeting Iran's nuclear programme remains on the table. «We don't avoid talks; it's the breach of promises that has caused issues for us so far,» Pezeshkian said in televised remarks during a Cabinet meeting. «They must prove that they can build trust.»

Six strikes hit the northeastern border city overnight Saturday into Sunday, wounding personnel undergoing treatment at a military hospital and killing at least two people in a residential building, according to Ukrainian officials. A spokesperson for the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office, Dmytro Chubenko, confirmed two deaths and said another 30 people were wounded, including children. According to the emergency medical services, the «massive attack» reduced one home to a fiery ruin and damaged other houses, office buildings, cars and garages. The Ukrainian army said that a military hospital building and nearby residential buildings «were damaged by a Shahed drone».

The supermarket crackdown and a surprise income tax cut are among a string of government proposals to ease the cost of living, which voters consistently cite as a top concern. Surveys show the centre-left government and conservative opposition running neck-and-neck in the election race. «Australians deserve a fair go at the checkout. We will hold the big supermarket chains to account,» Albanese told reporters, promising to introduce legislation this year. «Price gouging is when supermarkets are taking the piss,» he said.

Donald Trump carried by landslide margins just months ago. In the 6th District, which Trump won by 30 points in 2024, Democratic candidate Josh Weil, a local teacher, now trails Republican state Rep. Randy Fine by just 3 points according to a March poll from Trump’s campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio. The shift has rattled GOP leaders, who hoped to easily retain seats once held by Trump allies Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz.

Steve Bannon, former adviser to President Trump, issued a stark warning during a recent interview, claiming Trump could face prison time if a Democrat wins the White House in 2028. Bannon argued that the political stakes are dire, framing the current climate as “political warfare” and urging supporters to recognize the urgency of the moment. His comments reflect growing tensions over Trump’s legal vulnerabilities and the potential fallout of another partisan shift in power.

Delhi court on Saturday dismissed a plea filed by a BJP leader seeking prosecution of AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him in September 2018. Special judge Vishal Gogne turned down the petition filed by BJP's Suraj Bhan Chauhan against a trial court's February 19 order which rejected his complaint against Bharadwaj, citing delay in filing it. The limitation period was found to have lapsed on March 16, 2024, the court said while noting the magisterial court had already accorded the permissible liberal construction to the limitation period. The court finds the conduct of Chauhan to have been «whimsical and opportunistic» in filing the belated defamation complaint, regarding the press conference of the year 2018, only in December 2024 against respondent Saurabh Bharadwaj on the cusp of the Delhi Assembly elections in early 2025, the judge said. Chauhan had alleged that Bharadwaj defamed him in 2018 by falsely claiming at a press conference that an FIR had been lodged against him. He claimed before the special judge that he had «inadvertently» filed the complaint against Bharadwaj, a former Delhi minister, before Saket court instead of Rouse Avenue Court which came up for hearing in September 2020.